Word: jerusalem
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...rooted solution, it's only cosmetic." Despite the setbacks, the overwhelming margin of the vote shows that PNC is willing to keep peace negotiation on track. Israel had threatened to scrub May negotiations on the unresolved status of Palestinian refugees, Israeli settlements in the occupied territories and jurisdiction of Jerusalem if the PNC did not remove the clauses. PNC inaction might also have dealt a blow to the reelection bid of Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who faces a stiff challenge from Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu in national elections May 29. With the PNC vote, the ball...
...rooted solution, it's only cosmetic." Despite the setbacks, the overwhelming margin of the vote shows that PNC is willing to keep peace negotiation on track. Israel had threatened to scrub May negotiations on the unresolved status of Palestinian refugees, Israeli settlements in the occupied territories and jurisdiction of Jerusalem if the PNC did not remove the clauses. PNC inaction might also have dealt a blow to the reelection bid of Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who faces a stiff challenge from Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu in national elections May 29. With the PNC vote, the ball...
...came as little surprise that the British government would refuse the natural historical and religious right of the Jews to return to Israel (then known as Palestine). The sentiment of the Arabs, of course, did not leave room for any misinterpretation--the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem met with Hitler on at least one occasion to discuss his personal perspectives on and possible answers to the so-called "Jewish question...
Would it not have made the emaciated victims in black and white striped concentration camp garb proud if they knew that next to them, in similarly glossy, yet much more dignified and multicolored photographs, were the pictures of smiling children walking upright in the streets of Jerusalem, or Tel Aviv, or Haifa, or countless other Israeli cities? Why were there no pictures of the diversity of modern Israeli cities--of the Ethiopian and Russian and thousands of other different immigrants--a demonstration for the world that the Jews now have a safe haven and are being protected by their...
...JERUSALEM: TIME's Johanna McGeary says the attacks on Hizballah guerrillas in Lebanon are largely a result of political pressure Israeli Prime Minister Peres faces as the May 29 parliamentary elections near. "Peres' perceived weakness is that he is not tough enough," says McGeary. "He now has the opportunity, given the recent firings of Katyusha rockets into northern Israel, to show voters that he will act decisively against threats to Israeli security." The U.S. response to the attack has so far been decidedly low key. The White House urged restraint, but placed the blame on Hizballah for firing rockets into...